Maxwell Anderson

Director, Art Gallery of Ontario

Prior to assuming this position, Mr. Anderson directed the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia (1987-1995). During his tenure at the Carlos, the museum completed a $10 million expansion by Michael Graves, doubled its art collections to more than 15,000 works, and organized numerous international exhibitions. Mr. Anderson previously spent six years as Assistant Curator of Greek and Roman Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1981-1987). He has taught at Princeton University (Visiting Lecturer, Department of Art & Archaeology, 1995) and the Università di Roma (Visiting Professor, 1987).

Maxwell Anderson, 41, was born and raised in New York City. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and received a Ph.D. in fine arts from Harvard University in 1981.

Mr. Anderson has lectured and published on Roman art, international art law, and interactive technology, and is the author of the introduction to "The Wired Museum" (Washington, D.C., American Association of Museums, 1997). He is a past trustee of the Association of Art Museum Directors, Liaison for Information Technology for the Association of Art Museum Directors, sits on the Advisory Committee of the Getty Information Institute, and is a Trustee of The American Federation of Arts. He was decorated as a Commendatore, or Commander of the Presidential Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy, in 1990.

Maxwell will present the Opening Plenary.